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The WowOWow ladies list their picks
wowOwow Sep 27, 08 8:39 PM CDT
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Older men can be sexier than callow youths, such as Leonardo and Brad—or so the ladies of WowOWow report, in their list of the top 50 sexiest men over 50. The elite: Rocker Bruce Springsteen Author James Patterson TV host Charlie Rose
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Richard Schiff, who played White House insider, is candidate's Hollywood connection
Los Angeles Times Aug 26, 08 1:31 PM CDT
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He probably wouldn’t merit a Washington appointment, but Joe Biden’s biggest Tinseltown fan has small-screen political experience, the Los Angeles Times reports. Richard Schiff, who won an Emmy for his role as White House communications director on West Wing , is stumping for his “real deal” candidate this week in Denver, and was among the first in Hollywood to praise the Obama-Biden ticket.
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Media bosses Malone and Diller finally
bury the hatchet
Wall Street Journal May 14, 08 8:48 AM CDT
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The months-long feud between media barons John Malone and Barry Diller over IAC spin-offs has ended amicably, the Wall Street Journal reports. Malone's Liberty Media, the majority shareholder in IAC, will drop its opposition to Diller's plans to divide IAC/Interactive Corp into five separate entities. Liberty will have the right to nominate up to 20% of the directors in the new companies.
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African-American search engine launches today
Wall Street Journal Apr 10, 08 6:45 AM CDT
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IAC/Interactive Corp plans to launch a host of new websites as it readies to split off some of its older ones into separate companies, the Wall Street Journal reports. RushmoreDrive.com, a search engine aimed at the black community, goes live today. Other startups, including a news site, a personal finance site, and one targeting tweeners, will be up by summer.
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Efforts to break up the company face major stumbling blocks
Wall Street Journal Mar 31, 08 10:19 AM CDT
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Barry Diller might have won control over e-commerce company IAC/InterActiveCorp from rival John Malone in court Friday, but the CEO’s real trials have just begun. With the economy tanking and credit markets tightening, Diller’s plan to break up IAC into five “baby Barrys”—including Ticketmaster and the Home Shopping Network—might be tough to pull off, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Judge rules IAC chief can proceed with spin-off plans against Malone's wishes
Bloomberg Mar 28, 08 8:03 PM CDT
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Barry Diller took round one today in his feud with fellow billionaire John Malone: A Delaware judge ruled that Malone can’t force Diller out of Interactive Corp. for trying to break up the company, Bloomberg reports. The ruling prevents Malone's Liberty Media from seizing control; Liberty has a minority stake in IAC but, by prior agreement with Liberty, Diller votes Liberty's shares, Bloomberg reports.
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IAC chairman defends his leadership as media barons' court battle concludes
Wall Street Journal Mar 14, 08 2:09 PM CDT
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Barry Diller struck back at Liberty Media in court yesterday, blaming CEO Greg Maffei for driving a wedge between himself and Liberty chairman John Malone by speaking “badly about our businesses and our managers.” The warring media magnates—once close partners—have been waging a court battle for control of Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp. The trial concluded today.
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Mogul insists that company restructuring would be breach of faith
Wall Street Journal Mar 10, 08 5:08 PM CDT
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John Malone has launched the first volley in his court battle with fellow media baron Barry Diller over control of IAC/InterActiveCorp. Malone testified today that the proposed restructuring of IAC breaks a longstanding agreement between the two, the Wall Street Journal reports. "It's a breach of the stewardship that we granted him when we started this whole relationship,'' said Malone.
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Bad quarter adds to Diller v. Malone woes
Wall Street Journal Feb 7, 08 12:34 PM CST
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The headlines being generated from the ongoing battle for control of IAC/InterActiveCorp between John Malone and Barry Diller took a backseat—briefly--yesterday as the company announced horrific fourth quarter numbers, taking a loss of nearly $370 million after being sideswiped by the subprime mortgage meltdown through its ownership of LendingTree, reports the Wall Street Journal.
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Diller, Malone share knack for deal-making—and turn it on each other
New York Times Feb 4, 08 1:45 PM CST
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The escalating fight between media barons Barry Diller and John Malone over control of IAC/Interactive Corp. has its origins in the men’s shared talent for wheeling and dealing, the New York Times reports in a portrait of the colorful, headstrong, vastly different moguls. Both have faced accusations of chasing deals that benefit them more than shareholders—a complaint high among those Malone’s Liberty Media has levied against Diller.
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Clash of media titans continues with
latest court action
Wall Street Journal Jan 29, 08 2:35 AM CST
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The feud between media magnates John Malone and Barry Diller has stepped up a level, reports the Wall Street Journal . Malone's Liberty Media Corp. is taking legal action to boot chairman Diller, his wife and seven others off the board of Internet conglomerate IAC/Interactive Corp. Malone and Diller worked together to build IAC, but their relationship has soured in recent years.
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Fight over spinoffs that would reduce Liberty's control over IAC assets
Wall Street Journal Jan 25, 08 10:50 AM CST
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Media moguls Barry Diller and his onetime backer, John Malone, have gone head to head, with each man’s corporation suing the other’s. Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp and Malone’s Liberty Media, which owns a majority voting stake in IAC, are at odds over an IAC restructuring plan that would reduce Liberty’s voting power over several key businesses, reports the Wall Street Journal .
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Site, launching today, targets youth with comedy, viral videos
Wall Street Journal Nov 9, 07 8:58 AM CST
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Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp ventures into the fake news business today with the launch of its new satire website, 23/6. The site, produced in partnership with the Huffington Post, joins a number of recent efforts to combine comedy with current events a la "The Daily Show": the Onion's Onion News Network and Time Warner's This Just In.
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HSN, Ticketmaster, Interval International, LendingTree spin off
CNN Nov 5, 07 1:27 PM CST
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Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp will split into five separately traded companies, their board announced today. Former IAC components Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, vacation site Interval International, and online real estate site LendingTree will all become separate firms under those names. CNN Money reports that the remaining pieces of IAC will be search engine Ask.com, Citysearch, Evite, and Zwinky.
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Longtime partners Diller, Malone may be severing ties
Wall Street Journal Oct 27, 07 12:38 PM CDT
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The long and lucrative partnership between media giants John Malone and Barry Diller may be nearing its end, the Wall Street Journal reports. "We've been frustrated with each other at times," says Diller, whose IAC empire, backed by Malone's Liberty Media, includes the Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster and Expedia. Lackluster business is raising tensions between the two and threatening their complex ties.
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